the chance of the present paper getting published very early is slight, 
because the numbers of Shodora for March and April are essentially made 
up already, so that I rather doubt if space would be found before May 
or June or even the July number since so much material has come in in 
response to our appeals for more contributions. 
Hitchcock, has tardily sent one specimen of the genus from the 
National Herbarium, having entirely forgotten that he had promised to 
send up their material, and he condeseending^writes to hr. Robinson that 
he has no serious objection to our working on grasses! 
Thank you very much for the manuscript key to the western species 
which will prove useful, but I hope that before long you will be able to 
attach names tothe plants which are here indicated only by numbered 
specimens. 
It will be fine to get the Linum material into print,for more 
than one person is copying the new combination from herbarixim specimens 
and there is danger that it will slip into literature and in an embar¬ 
rassing manner. 
Very sincerely yours, 
Dictated to HMB 
